A Britney Spears biopic is formally within the works.
In keeping with The Ankler, Common Footage has scored the rights to Spears’ best-selling memoir, The Lady in Me.
The outlet goes on to report that the biopic has already landed a director in Depraved‘s Jon M. Chu. Moreover, Oscar-winning producer Marc Platt can also be connected to the upcoming mission.
A supply revealed to the publication that the deal for the rights to the movie are across the eight determine mark. Additionally connected to the settlement is reportedly rights to Spears’ huge music catalog.
Spears additionally teased the information of a biopic on her Twitter account at this time (Aug. 1), the identical day that the information broke of a biopic.
“Excited to share with my followers that I have been engaged on a secret mission with #MarcPlatt. He’s at all times made my favourite motion pictures … keep tuned,” Spears mentioned in a tweet.
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Beforehand, the identical outlet reported that Spears’ ebook was the topic of competitors from a few of Hollywood’s greatest names to be became a film. They reported that Shonda Rhimes, Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Margot Robbie all have been in rivalry to be part of the movie.
A number of huge studios additionally have been in competitors for the mission. Sony, Warner Brothers, Fox, Disney and Netflix all vied for the mission.
Upon its launch, The Lady in Me was an enormous success for Spears and has gone on to promote over 2.5 million copies in the USA alone. Moreover, it has grow to be the quickest promoting ebook in Simon & Schuster’s historical past.
There’s at present no phrase on a launch date for the mission.
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